Who are we?

We are a voluntary association of private individuals who manage their own savings and investments. We are structured as a not for profit limited company with aspirations to achieve charitable status. We carefully ensure that we are independent and have no obligations to financial organisations such as fund managers and 'independent' financial advisers.

What we seek to achieve

Our association exists to:

1. protect and promote to Government and others the generic financial interests of private individuals in matters of taxation and to ensure that the rules and operation of corporate governance equitably treated the interest of private shareholders alongside those of the Managers/Directors and institutional shareholders (see our Manifesto).
2. create participative opportunities throughout the British Islands for individuals to enhance their knowledge and skills so as to be better able to manage their own savings and make successful investments.
3. assist shareholder groups, where they consider there has been an injustice to form and operate Action Campaigns.

Why join us

1. to support our aims and objectives to help protect your long term interests.
2. through participation in our activities and meeting like minded people enhance personal knowledge and skills to become a better investor.

What we do

Nationally

We seek see to influence through the policy of Government and the Financial Regulators through presenting evidence, representing private shareholders on working parties, and producing discussion papers.

In London

Members regularly meet privately with the directors of top leading Plcs with a view to establishing their medium-long term viability for investing

Locally

Throughout the British Islands, there are regular meetings of Members where they quiz financial experts on investment techniques and strategies as well as meet with Plc directors to analyse their company performance. An important part of local meetings is members sharing their knowledge in M2M (member to member) seminars.

Keeping members informed

Additional to meetings, key services to busy members are:

• The Private Investor: our magazine, through which we keep members regularly informed of all that has and is about to happen
• Members area of this web site: confidential to members and provides an on-line forum to allow members to raise issues of concern, to exchange ideas, and to receive full reports on corporate meetings
• AGM at which members elect their voluntary officers, may call them to account for not pursuing shareholder issues, and propose new issues to be addressed.
• Regional seminars and National meetings and conferences

How to Join

You can join up and pay the membership fee on-line here (you can also use this link to renew existing subscriptions). Membership costs £50 per annum, which covers two people at the same address. Alternatively please click here for an application form which you can print out and send to UKSA with a cheque for your subscription.